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Effect of Water Pollution Effect on Activities Industry in Penang
Fatin Fatihah binti Muhamad Yusof
Supervisor: Dr. Zikri Muhammad
Bachelor of Management (Policy and Social Environment)
School of Social and Economic Development
This research aimed to effect of water quality that occur because of industrial
activity. The impact of water pollution is causing environmental damage
(Walker, 2006). Water quality in Malaysia is in a state of concern where 229 out of
473 rivers across the country has been polluted due to industrial waste disposal.
In the context of National Policy there is a environmental policy where it
associated with contaminated water sources, water supply is declining and this
contaminated water has a bad effect on human quality. This survey finds that
water surfaces of the river is greasy and filled with waste product. If this
situation continued it will affect the preservation of the environment for
future generation use. Department of Environmental and Department of Health
has been doing the best way in monitoring to ensure that the industry does not
arbitrarily impose pollution activities. This monitoring is under Environmental
Quality Act 1974.This research focuses on the illegal activities by industrial
sector in polluting water quality and the government influence from the
perspective of the population. This research is guided by the objective of assessing
the relationship between illegal activity from industry and the role of government
and the impact of river pollution in this study area. Quantitative data analysis
is used where there are 60 sample have been used which consist of resident
of Taman Semilang, Seberang Jaya where they are randomly selected. This area
is chosen and selected because the location of this area is close to contaminated river
due to industrialization. The study found that there was a significant relationship
between the illegal activities of the industry and the role of government with
river pollution in Sungai Perai. In a nutshell, all people should work together and
cooperate each other to overcome this problem by using effective and
innovative law enforcement to preserve nature for future sustainable.
Keywords: Water pollution; industrial; Penang
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